Chapter 374: [ Sphinx again ]

“Preposterous!” One of the Aryan Clan scowled. He grabbed the huge scimitar from his waist and pulled it out, pointing at Allen threateningly.

“Wait,” As he was about to rush and attack Allen, his companion stopped him. He turned to Allen and asked “This is the territory of the Aryan Clan, what are you doing here? Don’t you know this is trespassing and can start a war? Where are you from? Are you from the Norse Clan?”

“Just like what I had said before, I am not from the Norse Clan. As for which Clan I am affiliated with, nothing. I am a solo explorer… however, since you are already here together with the Kemet Clan, guess I should say it. My business is with all of you,”

“Business?”

“Ah, I was asked by Athena, the Olympian Goddess to give you a message. Demon Prince Mammon is planning a festival and all of you are invited, whether you want it or not. Thus, Athena wanted a tea party with the remaining clans to plan for a resistance. The Demons cannot be stopped if all of you were scattered, only together will have a chance… -- is what she wanted me to tell you, anyway," Allen shrugs.

“… …”

“Whether you come or not is up to you. I only came here to give that message. The time is when the center moon dyed blue in the land of the everlasting snow.”

“The Goddess Athena? Is she still alive?”

“Alive and kicking,” Allen put his hand on the inner vest pocket and pulled a round medallion. He then pointed it towards the Gods of the Aryan Clan and the Kemet Clan.

In an instant, a black owl was projected from the medallion. “This should be enough for the proof,”

Symbol of Athena, the Owl.

“… …”

“So you were sent here by the Goddess Athena?”

“That’s right. I owe that lady a debt so I am now his gofer~” Allen smiled wryly.

“Anyway, since I had conveyed the message, can you just either watch or leave and not interfere with our f–” fight is what Allen wanted to say but before he could finish, the Mummy Lord’s figure disappeared from his spot, piercing towards one of the Gods of Aryan Clan, unnoticed.

Puchi –!?

The Gods chest was punctured by an arm.

And before he could react, several shadow tentacles that had pierced Allen before, coiled around his body, piercing through him. Unlike the time with Allen, this time, over twenty tentacles pierced the pitiful God.

“Dalir!!”

“You bastard!!!” The Gods rushed at the Mummy Lord, enraged but the latter along with his captive had already disappeared.

“Where are you, you evil bastard!!”

“Show yourself, you monster!!”

“Fufufu, aren’t you all acting high and mighty just now?” The Mummy Lord came out from the shadows reflected on the sands.

Beside him was the captive that had already turned into a black cocoon-like thing.

“You bastard!!” The Gods rushed towards the Mummy Lord's direction.

Even those from the Kemet Clan started to chant some spells and attack.

But the Mummy Lord wasn’t perturbed. He muttered something under his breath and after waving his crook forward, the sand in front of him rose up.

Then, a very familiar creature appeared in front of Allen.

Sphinx.

The Sphinx came out again.

“Mummy Lord, what was that for?!” Allen cried out, annoyed. “Aren’t we going to fight?”

The Mummy Lord turned to him, “I need to take some trash out first before we continue ours.”

This idiot!! Allen clicked his tongue in irritation. He then turned his eyes towards the black cocoon that seemed to be beating like a heart.

With his vision and perception in mana, he can see a link towards the Mummy Lord via his shadows… his absorbing the mana to fill his own?

That is certainly bad…!!

It can be said that right now, Allen's greatest advantage in this fight was that, he can fully recover his mana much faster than anyone in this world. Unlike, the Mummy Lord, his mana capacity, and regeneration are all above its own.

But now, he would be able to recover it as well...?

That would be the worst outcome!

Without hesitation, Allen’s body flashed and disappeared.

The Mummy Lord was still murmuring something when it suddenly felt something.

Clang!!

The Mummy Lord swung his crook and flail in an X positions and successfully blocked the attack that suddenly came.

“Surprised?” Allen grinned as he pushed Rebellion even harder towards the Mummy Lord.

“What is this? Are you sneaking attacking?” The Mummy Lord growled.

“Didn’t you also do the same a while ago? Besides, this was our battle, you can’t avert your attention from me, that’s rude!”

“Oh my, such an impatient hero…”

As their weapons interweaved, creating sparks everywhere, Allen and the Mummy Lord were both dodging any attacks by a hair's breadth.

--- And in this case, the tiniest mistake could cost them their lives.

Clang clang clang! While being assaulted by the seven slashes, Allen instantly charged in and pierced the Mummy Lord’s chest with his claymore, while receiving four slashes with his body, but blocking the attacks going for his heart, throat, and head with his Dragon Claws.

His right shoulder and his lower body had been cut.

But this was just a feint. Allen’s real target attack wasn’t the chest but…

Allen’s senses rang out like warning bells and saw that the next incoming attacks trajectory had several paths.

He snorted, flashed! He directly appeared and locked hilts, not giving the Mummy Lord chance to use any move.

The Mummy Lord stared in horror.

Hm?! It was unexpected for Allen to suddenly use a feint tactic in this moment. Thus, he was caught off guard.

While his opponent was still reacting, Allen suddenly charged forward with a sudden burst of power and collided with the Mummy Lord.

His free left hand stabbed forward with unbelievable speed and went straight towards the Mummy Lord’s Death Mask.

“You!!” Before the Mummy Lord could register what had happened, the Death Mask left eye was pierced by Allen’s hand.

“As I’ve said before, you can’t avert your eyes away from me!”

[ Blue Flames ]! Allen’s hand that was piercing the Death Mask blazed into blue flames, burning the Death Mask.

The Mummy Lord’s body trembled. Puchi–!! At this moment, the crook of the Mummy Lord’s hand pierced Allen’s abdomen.

*Ding! [ Congratulations! You have successfully robbed [ Cloth Transmogrification ]! ]

[ Cloth Transmogrification ] –An ability that enables the user to produce, creates, or generates clothing from energy or magic power out of nothing. Has a chance of gaining abilities related to the type of clothing worn.

The crook only pierced through Allen’s body without inflicting any damage so Allen just lets it be. Then he realized he was wrong!

To his horror, black shadows coiled around it. In that instance, Allen felt a massive pain along with the familiar sucking sensation.

Allen’s eyes gleamed. He raised his palm and placed it on the Mummy Lord’s chest, “Shinra Tensei!!”

BAM!!!

The Mummy Lord was sent flying away as if punched by a gunda*m!

Allen raised his head and was about to chase him when he saw that at the end of the Mummy lord’s trajectory, an Egyptian God was standing -- clearly waiting for the Mummy Lord.

The God raised his hand that was holding a large mace.

“Die Mummy Lord!!” The Egyptian god cried out in anger. Fury and indignation flashed across his eyes.

Obviously, the Mummy Lord won’t take it easily and the flail on his hand moved. But just as he was to swing his flail,

Bam!! The Egyptian God’s arm was hit by a kick, startling not just the Mummy Lord but also the Egyptian God. The force was so strong that it sent the Egyptian God a few meters away, rolling on the ground.

“This opponent is mine!” Allen muttered while frowning. He then turned around and delivered a roundhouse kick in the daze Mummy Lord. His leg emitted bluish electric sparks.

“… …” Due to shock, the Mummy Lord was late to react and he was struck by Allen’s leg.

The Mummy Lord was sent flying in another direction.

The Mummy Lord’s entire body flipped and somersaulted, regaining his balance in the air.

Unscathed?

Allen frowned as he stared at the Mummy Lord. Although he was struck by Allen’s super kick, he still managed to evade unscathed from such a dire situation. He looked just fine and was undamaged.

When the collision occurred, it seemed fatal, but the Mummy Lord managed to use an opposing force to mitigate the damage.

The reaction speed and skill required to escape such a situation was remarkable. This was akin to the combat sense of a first-rate assassin or a warrior.

As expected of the Mummy Lord. Allen didn’t speak and only wore a smile on his face, looking at the Mummy Lord.

He spread out his arms and hunched forward slightly. He resembled a ferocious bear that was waiting to charge at his prey.

A large quantity of black colored sand gathered around her

Although it wasn’t as flexible as the [ Prehensile Shadow ] ability but the black colored sands were still horrifying enough. His will to fight seemed to take physical form as many black whips writhed about him.

Like a ferocious beast, he leaped.

The tentacles behind him wriggled as if alive and attacked simultaneously from eight directions at once.

The Mummy Lord responded with his own shadow tentacles and the two clashed using their tentacles.

Allen’s eyes gleamed. Bluish-white sparks flew from Allen’s body and at the same time, a sharp sound, as if someone cracked a whip, shook the atmosphere.

Though it might have sounded like a whip, it was much, much louder. It was the sound of a huge current flowing into Allen’s body.

He then opened his mouth and began inhaling.

ROAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!! In that moment, Allen opened his mouth and spewed fire.

However, this was too hot to call fire and it also shot out fast. Its color was also not red similar to normal fires but made up of blue colored flames and coated with electric sparks, boosting its power and speed.

That's why, rather than saying that he had spewed fire, it was more apt to call it firing a plasma beam cannon.

It was a cannon as powerful as those used in large spaceships used in sci-fi movies! The beam Allen fired cut through the air with ease.

The Mummy Lord had already noticed the immense amount of mana swirling around Allen.

Thus, he was all able to avoid the flames ahead of time. Even still, he could still feel the heat and the created shock wave, causing him to crash down in the ground.

The glowing blue flame breath then continued flying through the sky and vanished cross the horizon.

Along the way, the fight with the Sphinx and the Gods was affected, several Gods was injured while a huge portion of the Sphinx body had disintegrated!

Well, as the Sphinx body was only made up of sands, it wouldn’t really die and can still regenerate~